Can google have a rude interviewer?
Okay, everything is going as a typical interview. It's a graph algorithm question for which I have written a solution and ran some sample cases successfully.
The interviewer is asking me to optimize it. I add a few conditions to reduce recursion calls. The interviewer listens to me with indifference. Not a yes or no. Just blankly staring at the screen. I am a bit nervous. I feel I might have messed it up somewhere but it's okay. I will do better next time, I say to myself.
Interviewer: Time up. Do you have any questions?
Me: What is the difference between *role I was interviewed for* and SDE?
Interviewer: What is the difference between an android developer and a web developer?
Me: They work on different domains
Interviewer: So it seems you answered yourself
Me: Okay, may I know which technology stack I will use? Is it internal google or open source?
Interviewer: That's private information.
Me: Okay, didn't realize that
Interviewer: Yeah, we do a lot of things that would be different than an outsider
Me: Okay, how will I in my position contribute to Google's overall business?
Interviewer: You are not really being hired at that level that you will make any difference like that
Me: Okay.
Interviewer: Any other questions?
Me: No, that was all I had
Interviewer: Okay, thank you, goodbye.
Me: Yeah, thank... (Call is already disconnected)
Maybe I am sensitive or the interviewer was having a tough day but I found the interviewer very rude. I have been part of loops myself and we are told never to misbehave with a candidate even when they perform poorly.
Has anyone had a similar experience? What can I do in that case?
TC: 4.2 M rupees
YoE: 6.5
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Update: Got rejected. Not surprising. But expected better interview experience. Hopefully would have better luck next time.
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But I would also suggest you ask better questions.
For example, asking about tech stack does not make sense here, as team match is after interviews and you should ask this question during team match.
How will I contribute to Google's business question is again not a question for interviewer, but maybe for after you join Google.
The first question: SDE and *other role was valid and interviewer should have answered.
Also I would have accepted the answer that the tool stack depends on the team to which I would be matched. But confidential tool stack sounds a bit weird to me. Anyway, one of those bad days I guess.
All of your questions have nice easy answers the interviewer could have provided that weren't going to be a dodge. For example, for "how will I contribute to google's business" the interviewer could have talked about their own team, where it fits, and what difference their work makes to whomever the users are (internal or external).
It's pretty clear they were trying to make you feel small, and I'm really sorry about that. I don't know if your feedback to the recruiter really makes it back to that engineer, but honestly it might be worth providing it anyway.
Also TC or GTFO